Re: SELECT * FROM contralb WHERE pqmad LIKE '%%%' - *SOLVED

["Ted Barry" <tbarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's it!  Thanks Bruce!  I looked that up in the SQL reference and didn't see 
that.

>>> rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/30/04 04:21PM >>>
where pqmad like '%+%%' escape '+'


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 -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Barry" <tbarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 19:16
Subject: Re: SELECT * FROM contralb WHERE pqmad LIKE '%%%'


> Thanks, but that didn't work. :(
>
> >>> rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/30/04 04:10PM >>>
> needs to be escaped...
>
> try '%+%%'
>
>
> ===========================================================
> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>
> "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous,
>   he will not bite you. This is the principal difference
>   between a dog and a man."
>
>     - Mark Twain
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ted Barry" <tbarry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 18:49
> Subject: SELECT * FROM contralb WHERE pqmad LIKE '%%%'
>
>
> > I've got a situation with a 'mailing address' field and the % sign is
what
> I'm looking for.  However, this statement doesn't seem to work:
> >
> >   SELECT * FROM contralb WHERE pqmad LIKE '%%%'
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here?  I've tried wrapping it with " and ''%''.
> >
> >
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